Hundreds of schools are closed and tens of thousands of people are without power as Storm Chandra batters the island of Ireland.

“Palestine 36” director Annemarie Jacir is calling for Israeli authorities to cease actions banning her film, which depicts the historical r...

As with tens of thousands of fellow Mississippians since a winter storm struck during the weekend, the Hood family of Oxford was coping with...

Olympic veterans, including skier Lindsey Vonn​ and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, are among the seven Americans mak...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed on Monday that hundreds of thousands of people in th...

A powerful winter storm walloped a huge swath of the U.S., killing at least 18 people. Electricity is out for hundreds of thousands, and fre...

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers across California and Hawaii went on strike on Monday, calling for fair wages and safer w...

Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers in the Los Angeles area joined their counterparts across the state and in Hawaii today to b...

Lindsey Vonn is one of seven Team USA athletes who will be competing at a fifth Winter Olympics

A private plane carrying eight people crashed during takeoff from Bangor Airport in Maine on Sunday evening.

The head of embattled UN relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, has condemned reports that its headquarters in East Jerusalem have been set...

Thousands of Australians rallied in support of Indigenous rights.

Rallies in East Sussex have reportedly continued for the 12th consecutive weekend amid safety concerns and fears over their local impact...

Victims of the failed energy efficiency scheme tell The Independent how they have been let down

President Trump’s aggressive moves in the foreign policy arena are hanging over Team USA's trip to Europe for next month's Winter Olympics,...